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Measure A Homeless Fund Establishment / Los Angeles County Affordable Housing / Homeless Solutions, and Prevention Now Transactions and Use Tax Ordinance / Aceptance, Retention. Appropriation and Expenditure

Council File 26-0600-S115

Pending — the City is setting up the legal framework to receive and spend county affordable-housing tax revenues already approved by voters, but the Budget and Finance Committee and Homelessness Committee haven't yet acted on the necessary ordinance.

Introduced
2026-09-16
Last changed
2026-09-18
CFMS file status
File open See note on file status
Expires
2028-09-16
Committee
Budget and Finance Committee
Initiated by
City Attorney
References
City Attorney Report: R26-0531

This is the City Clerk's status for the council file itself, not the outcome of the measure. A file often stays open after the Council has already adopted an item. The summary above reflects the latest recorded action.

Brief

The City Attorney submitted the Measure A Homeless Fund Establishment ordinance on September 16, 2026, which governs how Los Angeles will accept, retain, and spend revenue from the county's newly passed affordable housing and homeless solutions tax. The file was referred to Budget and Finance Committee and Homelessness and Health Committee on September 17. Both committees waived consideration on September 18, meaning the matter did not receive a substantive hearing and remains pending further action.

Full summary

Measure A is a voter-approved countywide transactions and use tax, formally titled the Los Angeles County Affordable Housing, Homelessness Solutions, and Prevention Now Transactions and Use Tax Ordinance. This Council File establishes the City's legal and fiscal infrastructure to receive and spend the revenues the County collects and distributes to the City under that measure. The proposed ordinance, prepared by City Attorney Hydee Feldstein Soto and transmitted by Assistant City Attorney Barak Vaughn, would add a new Chapter 194 to Division 5 of the Los Angeles Administrative Code to create the Measure A Homelessness Fund and formally authorize the City to accept, receive, retain, appropriate, and expend those funds. The ordinance does not create a new tax. Voters have already authorized Measure A at the county level. What this file does is build the administrative and legal structure the City needs to actually use the money — establishing a dedicated fund, setting the terms under which revenues flow in, and ensuring expenditures comply with the voter-approved measure and applicable law. Without this ordinance in place, the City would lack the formal legal authority to draw down and deploy Measure A dollars. Pursuant to Council Rule 38, the City Attorney sent a copy of the draft ordinance to the Office of the Chief Administrative Officer, requesting that any comments be presented directly to the City Council when the matter is heard. The file was referred to both the Budget and Finance Committee and the Homelessness and Health Committee on September 17, 2026, reflecting the dual fiscal and programmatic dimensions of the measure. As of the most recent recorded activity, the file remains pending in both committees with no further action taken. The file does not expire until September 16, 2028.

Activity (3)

  • 2026-09-18 Budget and Finance Committee; Homelessness and Health Committee waived consideration of item .
  • 2026-09-17 City Attorney document(s) referred to Budget and Finance Committee; Homelessness and Health Committee.
  • 2026-09-16 Document submitted by City Attorney, dated September 16, 2026.

Documents (2)

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